Brother’s Quality Bakery Of Allwood

Shop-​rite has a better bakery— all of them too. This place has been my family’s choice bakery for three generations!!! It’s time you just close the doors. I never understood why owners keep restaurants or bakeries open when their products are less than mediocre… That’s why we have Unilocal!!!Because most places have horrible bakers (this place) and many chefs are barely average…
Pastries have shrunk
Cinnamon twist — how u mess that up is beyond me
Coffee crumb — stale
Cream donut– hasn’t been the same in YEARS, but I was dealing with that because at least other items were still tasty
SERVICE went down too… If I order bread — u should offer to slice it like the other ladies always did
And if I buy a box of pastries —- the red string should always be wrapped around …

WHAT HAPPENED!!!
We had gone to the old Allwood bakery since I was in diapers! They used to do delicious salt and fennel sticks and had an AMAZING crumb cake among other tasty baked goods and bread. We hadn’t gone for about 2 years or so and decided to splurge in our diets with a crumb cake and fresh donuts. When I purchased it they had 2 sheets of cake, one apparently for sliced pieces and another for purchasing a whole cake. The sliced cake looked like I remembered, brown cinnamon filled crumbs and the other was about 3 shades lighter. I thought that it might have been a cheese one or a different flavor but the girl assured me they were exactly the same when I asked why these were different colors.
Upon digging into our goodies the donuts, chocolate glazed, tasted awful. The chocolate tasted fake and sugary and the donuts were stale and old. The cake, the biggest disappointment of the day, was absolutely disgusting. There was barely any cake which may actually be a blessing as the cake resembled play dough in taste and texture. The crumbs were flavorless and greasy. At this point you couldn’t pay to get me to go back into the bakery.

If I could give them zero stars I would. The quality of pastries and other baked goods is horrible, nothing compared to the old Allwood Bakery. I have tried multiple times to give them ‘another’ chance and each time I’m more disappointed then the time before. Their cakes taste old no matter what day of the week I purchase them. I tried a cheesecake one and asked if it was fresh and when it was made. When I got home it was still frozen!!! And the manager of the store is one nasty nasty lady. When you ask her about things that they have done in the past, she gives attitude. I recently asked for an ingredient that you can only find at a bakery during the off season, not christmas, and she told me to go to stop n shop. Dear nasty lady, you lost another customer! Not only me, but the many people that I will be telling about you. Please learn to speak to your customers properly. Wish you all the best…

Love this place. My parents have been coming here for about…40 years? The crumb buns are amazing and everything is ridiculously cheap. Love stopping in any time I’m in the area!

Have bought stuff from here before and liked it, but the last visit gave us 2 of 3 moldy donuts. We only realized it after we got home. Called them to tell them and they did not seem to care. Inspect before you leave!

Cinnamon crullers are delicious! They also make decent homemade donuts although I’m not crazy about the cream in the cream filled ones. It’s right across the street from my house and I usually drive all the way to B&W in Hackensack for baked goods but this is a good stop for a quick cruller!

This bakery looks about the same as it did decades ago. The quality has improved in recent years. Some of the prices are a little high.

I live right across the street. Stopped by after my pedicure down the street despite the fact that I’m currently on a diet. Boy am I glad I did! First of all, walking in everything looks open, clean and fresh even though the outside doesn’t look too much of anything. There were so many varieties of baked goods. Again because I am on a diet, I decided to only get a little piece of a brownie and a lemon bar. They looked so delish behind the counter and boy do they taste good for real as well! Not to mention, the girl working behind the counter was extremely friendly and helpful in picking out my brownie. :)
There aren’t many places out there that have good food along with good customer service nowadays. Definitely will come back again whenever I want to treat myself.

Went here based on Unilocal reviews for the first time. Their cheese danish ring is delicious. Not too cheesy with a perfect balance of danish, crumb, cheese, and drizzled sugar. The jelly donut was one of the best I have ever tasted. Their glazed donut was very good as well. Rugeluch was not as flaky or tasty as I would expect. Their crumb cake looked incredible with a 60:40 crumb to cake ratio. Unfortunately the crumb was not so great and I would not get again. Maybe I am spoiled by comparing it to B&M Bakery crumb cake in Hackensack. They do an excellent job but you have to know what to buy. They had cannolis with separate shells so that’s a positive thing. Did not get any though.

This place has been in a steady decline since the new owners took over. The staff is unprofessional and clueless when it comes to customer service. I was there a few days ago to pick up a Brown Deby cake (that’s another story atogether). When I went in there were 3 bumbling idiots behind the counter. One was working the register, one was helping the customer in front of me and the oher one was just standing there oblivious to everything going on around her. As I waited for 5 minutes to be waited on a customer came in. The oblivious one went to her and asked her if she needed help. OK, maybe she didn’t see me… maybe. After she was done she went in the back. Meanwhile the customer in front of me was still being waited on. The other one was still working (?) the cash register. OK another customer comes in. Dumb dumb re emerged from the back and asked he if he needed help. Hello! Am I not here? Earth to dumb dumb. Now I was getting aggravated. When he left the customer in front of me had left as well. Now it is just me and the 3 idiots. The one that was helping the customer in front of me finally asked if i needed help. she got me the special ordered Brown Derby, I slammed my $ 13.50 (over priced) on the counter and walked out with teh cake. when I got it to my friends house for her birthday, it turned out to be awful. It tased stale, the cream was sour and there was hardly any fruit in it. we had to throw ¹⁄₁ of it out. Never will I go back there. what was once the finest bakery on Northen NJ has now in the dumps. I’ll drive one town over to Gencarellis’ in Bloomfield. Lines out the door. you know that THEIR stuff is good!

i been a customer of allwood bakery for more than 30 years. the cakes used be excellent. all our family enjoyed. since new owner bought it, i’ve ordered cakes 3 times for special occation and disappointed. taste not much different to general grocery cakes. last friday i ordered cake for my mother 89^th birthday, taste are horrible. only one layer with can fruit, too much sugar. from now on we decide to forget no more allwood bakery from our memory

My family has been coming to this location for decades, more recently with not great results. Owners have changed, and I now don’t often buy bakery items. Plus, my grandparents owned a bakery in Hoboken, and we were spoiled by their heavenly donuts. But had to give it a try.
OMG! The BEST old-​fashioned donuts! And most excellent crumb cake. The Italian bread is superb.
Had a conversation with the owner. It is heartwarming to see he has put so much care into his bakery.

I find my fellow Unilocalers to be pretty on point with their reviews. So in my endless quest for a new bakery to fall in love with, I decided to see if Brother’s lived up to its hype. Well everyone, the verdict is in. If you love baked goods, your prayers have been answered by Brother’s.
I thought I had it good being a stones throw away from Gencarelli’s in Bloomfield and Marlboro Bakery in Montclair. Both places are excellent but they have nothing on Brother’s old fashion donuts. This heavenly donut was soooooooooooooooooooooo good and dare I say it, the BEST OLD FASHION DONUT I have ever had in my life!!! Folks don’t take the comment lightly because I know a thing or two about old fashion donuts! This bad boy had the perfect ratio of tenderness to crunch. i’m getting weak in the knees just thinking about it.
In addition, I love how no frills the place is. Its got a great old timey feel to it. Its homey and very clean, kind of like going into a time machine and stepping out in 1960. The prices are good and the baked goods are fantastic. Everything is really fresh and tasty and mind you, I made my purchases at 5pm. My husband and I order a piece of crumb cake, an old fashion donut, a boston cream donut, a frosted easter egg cookie and a lemon bar and it came out to $ 5.40. Its not free but its not alot to pay for outrageously good baked goods. Check it out, you won’t be disappointed.

Allwood Bakery went downhill slowly and steadily for years. Everything was bland, blah, and boring.
About a year ago, it came under new management, got a new name (Brother’s Quality Bakery of Allwood”), and has been completely revitalized. Instead of making an occasional trip there for a loaf of bread, my family is now making excuses to take a walk to Market St. to see what new treats are available.
Danish, pastries, cookies, brownies, donuts… all exceptional. Rolls are soft with a crisp crust, and the Italian bread is astonishingly good.
It’s great to finally have a great local neighborhood bakery again.

I am never stepping foot in this place again. Having moved to Clifton recently. This was the bakery of my choice till they ruined my moms birthday yesterday. I called them around 4pm to ask what time they closed and the girl said 6pm as I had to buy a cake for my moms birthday. I reached the bakery at 5.44pm and the doors were already locked. The girls from inside signaled that they were closed. I found this to be so unprofessional when I even called to ask what time they closed and the timings on the door said they were supposed to be open till 6pm on Sundays. So I called them from my car to express my disappoint and they just hung up on me. It was the last time I visited this place and will make sure my friends or family never do.

This was my bakery of choice when I wanted a cake with fresh fruit in it. Yellow or chocolate cake with fresh strawberries & bananas are my favorites.
Rumors were that the place was being bought from the original owner in 2009 but the original owner was going to stay on board for a while (not sure if that happened).